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Dividend Contenders

The Dividend Contenders list consists of all publicly traded stocks in the US, which have raised distributions for over one decade, but less than 25 years. They are some of the best dividend paying stocks on the world. Below is a full free list of the highest dividend yield stocks sorted by ticker symbols.

Company

Sym

Dividend Yield

A.O. Smith Corp.

AOS

1.06

Aaron's Inc.

AAN

0.25

ACE Limited

ACE

2.18

Acme United Corp.

ACU

2.12

AGL Resources

GAS

4.08

Airgas Inc.

ARG

1.81

Albemarle Corp.

ALB

1.53

Alliance Resource Partners LP

ARLP

6.22

Alliant Energy Corp.

LNT

3.79

Analog Devices Inc.

ADI

2.89

Andersons Inc. (The)

ANDE

0.92

AptarGroup Inc.

ATR

1.66

Aqua America Inc.

WTR

2.46

Arrow Financial Corp.

AROW

3.86

Artesian Resources

ARTNA

3.75

Assurant Inc.

AIZ

1.85

Atlantic Tele Network Inc.

ATNI

2.07

Atrion Corp.

ATRI

0.99

Auburn National Bancorp

AUBN

3.44

Avista Corp.

AVA

4.62

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

AXS

2.31

Badger Meter Inc.

BMI

1.55

BancFirst Corp. OK

BANF

2.29

Bank of the Ozarks Inc.

OZRK

1.59

Bank of Utica

BKUT

2.46

Bar Harbor Bankshares

BHB

3.42

Best Buy Corp.

BBY

1.81

BHP Billiton Ltd.

BHP

3.55

BHP Billiton plc

BBL

4.01

Brown & Brown Inc.

BRO

1.12

Buckeye Partners LP

BPL

6.49

Bunge Limited

BG

1.58

C.H. Robinson Worldwide

CHRW

2.35

Canadian National Railway

CNI

1.48

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

CNQ

1.49

CARBO Ceramics

CRR

1.21

Cardinal Health Inc.

CAH

2.30

Casey's General Stores Inc.

CASY

0.98

Cass Information Systems Inc.

CASS

1.35

Caterpillar Inc.

CAT

2.88

CCFNB Bancorp Inc.

CCFN

3.45

Chesapeake Financial Shares

CPKF

2.49

Chesapeake Utilities

CPK

2.93

Church & Dwight

CHD

1.87

Citizens Financial Services

CZFS

2.38

Communications Systems Inc.

JCS

5.66

Community Bank System

CBU

3.28

Compass Minerals International

CMP

2.86

ConocoPhillips

COP

3.97

Costco Wholesale

COST

1.08

Cracker Barrel Old Country

CBRL

2.91

Cullen/Frost Bankers

CFR

2.83

CVS Caremark

CVS

1.59

Deere & Company

DE

2.51

Dominion Resources

D

3.60

Donegal Group Inc. A

DGICA

3.65

Donegal Group Inc. B

DGICB

2.36

Eagle Bancorp Montana Inc.

EBMT

2.67

Ecolab Inc.

ECL

0.93

Edison International

EIX

2.93

Enbridge Inc.

ENB

3.02

Enterprise Bancorp Inc.

EBTC

2.43

Enterprise Products Partners LP

EPD

4.46

EOG Resources Inc.

EOG

0.44

Erie Indemnity Company

ERIE

3.27

Essex Property Trust

ESS

3.28

Expeditors International

EXPD

1.36

Factset Research System Inc.

FDS

1.28

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp

FMCB

2.99

FedEx Corp.

FDX

0.53

First Financial Corp.

THFF

3.04

First Keystone Corp.

FKYS

3.89

First of Long Island Corp.

FLIC

2.68

First Robinson Financial Corp.

FRFC

3.23

Flowers Foods

FLO

2.10

Franklin Electric Co.

FELE

0.79

General Dynamics

GD

2.56

General Mills

GIS

3.17

Genesis Energy LP

GEL

4.07

Graco Inc.

GGG

1.35

Harris Corp.

HRS

2.83

Hasbro Inc.

HAS

3.39

HCC Insurance Holdings

HCC

2.05

Healthcare Services Group Inc.

HCSG

2.62

Hingham Institution for Savings

HIFS

1.93

Honat Bancorp Inc.

HONT

1.37

Imperial Oil Ltd.

IMO

1.07

Infinity Property & Casualty

IPCC

1.86

Intel Corp.

INTC

3.93

International Business Machines

IBM

2.05

International Flavors & Fragrances

IFF

1.90

J.M. Smucker Co.

SJM

2.21

Jack Henry & Associates

JKHY

1.55

JB Hunt Transport Services
Inc.

JBHT

0.82

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

JW-A

2.10

Juniata Valley Financial

JUVF

4.99

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners

KMP

6.61

L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.

LLL

2.33

Laclede Group Inc.

LG

3.78

Landmark Bancorp Inc.

LARK

3.66

Lincoln Electric Holdings

LECO

1.20

Lindsay Corp.

LNN

0.64

Linear Technology Corp.

LLTC

2.62

Lockheed Martin

LMT

4.17

Lyons Bancorp Inc.

LYBC

3.35

Magellan Midstream Partners LP

MMP

3.77

Matthews International

MATW

1.05

Maxim Integrated Products

MXIM

3.49

McGrath Rentcorp

MGRC

2.69

MDU Resources

MDU

2.47

Meredith Corp.

MDP

3.42

Mesa Laboratories Inc.

MLAB

0.83

Microchip Technology Inc.

MCHP

3.51

Microsoft Corp.

MSFT

3.37

Minden Bancorp Inc.

MDNB

2.03

MOCON Inc.

MOCO

3.22

Molex Inc.

MOLX

2.49

Monsanto Company

MON

1.65

MSC Industrial Direct Co.
Inc.

MSM

1.48

Muncy Bank Financial Inc.

MYBF

1.74

Murphy Oil Corp.

MUR

2.07

National Bankshares

NKSH

3.09

National Health Investors

NHI

5.17

National Healthcare Corp.

NHC

2.71

National Instruments Corp.

NATI

1.81

National Retail Properties

NNN

5.09

Natural Resource Partners LP

NRP

11.55

Nestle S.A.

NSRGY

3.13

New Jersey Resources

NJR

3.81

NextEra Energy

NEE

3.29

Nike Inc.

NKE

1.16

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone

NTT

3.55

Norfolk Southern

NSC

2.69

Northeast Indiana Bancorp

NIDB

3.62

Northeast Utilities

NU

3.56

Northrop Grumman

NOC

2.56

Norwood Financial

NWFL

4.01

Novo Nordisk A/S

NVO

1.88

NTT DoCoMo Inc.

DCM

4.44

Nu Skin Enterprises Inc.

NUS

1.25

NuStar Energy LP

NS

10.92

Occidental Petroleum

OXY

2.74

Oil-Dri Corp. of America

ODC

2.25

Omega Healthcare Investors

OHI

6.29

ONEOK Inc.

OKE

2.85

Owens & Minor Inc.

OMI

2.78

PartnerRe Limited

PRE

2.80

People's United Financial

PBCT

4.52

Perrigo Company

PRGO

0.29

Plains All American Pipeline
LP

PAA

4.46

Polaris Industries

PII

1.30

PPL Corp.

PPL

4.84

Praxair Inc.

PX

2.00

Prosperity Bancshares

PB

1.39

PSB Holdings Inc.

PSBQ

2.62

Qualcomm Inc.

QCOM

2.08

Realty Income Corp.

O

5.49

RenaissanceRe Holdings

RNR

1.24

Republic Bancorp KY

RBCAA

2.56

Republic Services Inc.

RSG

3.12

RGC Resources Inc.

RGCO

3.73

Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers Inc.

RBA

2.43

Robert Half International Inc.

RHI

1.64

Rollins Inc.

ROL

1.36

Roper Industries Inc.

ROP

0.50

Ross Stores Inc.

ROST

0.93

Royal Gold Inc.

RGLD

1.64

SCANA Corp.

SCG

4.41

SEI Investments Company

SEIC

1.29

Sempra Energy

SRE

2.94

Shaw Communications Inc.

SJR

4.45

Silgan Holdings Inc.

SLGN

1.19

South Jersey Industries

SJI

3.02

Southern Company

SO

4.93

Southside Bancshares

SBSI

2.98

Span-America Medical Systems

SPAN

2.60

StanCorp Financial Group

SFG

1.69

Stryker Corp.

SYK

1.57

Sunoco Logistics Partners LP

SXL

3.61

Syngenta AG

SYT

2.47

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers

SKT

2.76

TC Pipelines LP

TCP

6.65

Teche Holding Co.

TSH

3.28

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries

TEVA

2.74

Texas Instruments

TXN

2.98

Thomasville Bancshares Inc.

THVB

2.86

Thomson Reuters Corp.

TRI

3.71

Tiffany & Company

TIF

1.77

TJX Companies Inc.

TJX

1.03

UMB Financial Corp.

UMBF

1.58

United Technologies

UTX

1.98

UNS Energy Corp.

UNS

3.73

Urstadt Biddle Properties

UBA

5.03

Valmont Industries

VMI

0.72

Vector Group Ltd.

VGR

9.46

VSE Corp.

VSEC

0.77

W.P. Carey Inc.

WPC

5.32

W.R. Berkley Corp.

WRB

0.93

Waste Management

WM

3.54

WaterFurnace Renewable Energy Inc.

WFIFF

4.73

West Pharmaceutical Services

WST

0.97

Westamerica Bancorp

WABC

2.98

Westlake Chemical Corp.

WLK

0.86

Westwood Holdings Group Inc.

WHG

3.33

Williams Companies

WMB

4.03

Wisconsin Energy

WEC

3.79

Xcel Energy

XEL

4.06

Xilinx Inc.

XLNX

2.13

York Water Company

YORW

2.76

Yum! Brands Inc.

YUM

2.07

Updated:

October 2, 2013

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What is a Stock? Stocks (also called stock or share) are part of the capital stock of a company. It represents the original equity paid into the company. The capital stock could be traded at well-known stock markets like the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or NASDAQ.Every stock or share represents a partition ownership to the company. A stock owner has the ability to receive dividends and has a voting right for the annual general meeting (AGM). The stock owner participates on the business opportunities and risks.

There are two main stock types available: common stock and preferred stock. A common stock gives the shareowner the ability to vote at the annual general meeting and to receive dividends. A preferred stock has no voting right but for compensation, a higher claim for earnings and assets.

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What is a dividend? A dividend is a payment by the company to its shareholders. Normally, a stock pays 4 times a year a quarter dividend in order to participate investors at the company’s success. The amount of dividends in relation to the earnings of a company is called payout ratio. The figure measures the part of the earned money which is paid to the shareholders. A payout ratio of up to 50 percent (half of it's earnings) is a good figure. Sometimes it could be possible that companies can pay 90 percent of its net income due to its business model. Those businesses don’t need much money for growing.

The dividend amount in relation to the price that an investor pays is called the dividend yield. The value measures the return of the investor. A dividend yield of 5 percent (High-Yield) means that the investor receives 5 percent of his investment in cash - pretax within a year. This value is estimated for the full year dividends. Most of the highest yielding dividend stocks have only a big quarter dividend of more than one percent because of it's unsustainable dividends. The capital market expects a dividend dividend cut by the company.

An important date for investors is the ex-dividend date. This is the day on which the new investor doesn’t receive any dividend payments. He must wait 3 month for the next quarter dividend.

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